G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-871
5993 K
temperature
1.14 R☉
radius
1.11 M☉
mass
2.037 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 6,445 ly away
At light speed, about 6,445 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
1.04×
as hot as the Sun
1.14×
the Sun's width
1.11×
the Sun's mass
2.04×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 15.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-871's temperature, not a photograph.